Bicycle attachment



No. 608,262. Paten't'ed Aug. 2,1898.

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BICYCLE ATTACHMENT.

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BICYCLE ATTACHMENT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. LORD, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

BICYCLE ATTACH M E NT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,262, dated August 2, 1898.

Application filed July 15,1895. Serial No. 556,020. (No model.)

T at whom it ntcty concern:

Be it known that I,JOHN S. LORD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Folk andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Bicycle Attachment, of whicli'thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to providea device that may be readily and quickly applied to or removed from any safety-bicycle and in which a second person may be comfortably and conveniently carried.

My invention consists in the construction.

of the device and the means for detachably connecting it to a bicycle, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows in perspective the complete attachment applied to a bicycle as in common use, and Fig. 2 shows itdetached. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective View of a clampin g device for detachably fastening the frame of the attachment to the front and upper portion of the frame of the bicycle. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of a clamp for fastening the attachment to the rear and lower portion of the bicycle-frame. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the frame of the attachment made of sheet metal.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the reference-letter A is used to indicate the bicycle, which is of the diamond-frame safety pattern and is of ordinary construction, the parts thereof, which will be specifically re ferred to hereinafter, being the steering-head A the rear fork A and the parallel side pieces of the frame at the sides of the rear wheel.

The attachment comprises a sheet-metal part B, provided with an opening to admit the rear axle of the bicycle, an opening at its upper rear end to admit a clamping-bolt B, and an opening to admit a like bolt B that clamps to the part A of the frame. This plate is tatably mounted on its outer end. This wheel B is preferably a little larger than the rear bicycle-wheel, and thus aids in maintaining the center of gravity of the complete three- Wheeled vehicle and the weight thereon in alineinent with the line of advance followed by the'bicycle-wheels, and thereby preventing the side draft that would occur if the two bicycle-wheels remained perpendicular.

D indicates a seat supported from the axle O. This may be made of any suitable size or shape.

D indicates a brace extending from the outer end of the rear axle to the steerin g-head. The front end of the seat is supported by rods D one of which is connected with said brace and the other with the plate B.

F indicates a foot-rest supported from the brace D at one side and the plate B at the other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, 1s

1. An attachment for bicycles comprising a curved sheet-metal plate adapted to serve as an axle-support and dress-guard, means for securing it to the side ofa bicycle-frame, an axle mounted thereon, a wheel onthe outer end of the axle, a seat mounted on the axle, a brace attached to the outer end of the axle and'adapted to be connected with the steeringhead of a bicycle,and a foot-rest supported by said brace and plate, for the purposes stated.

2. In an attachment for bicycles, an. axlebearing and dress-guard consisting of the bent plate B adapted to be fixed to a bicycleframe to support an axle in a plane above the axle of the bicycle-wheel, clamping devices B and B a wheel on the end of the said attachment-axle having a larger diameterthan the bicycle-wheel to apply in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

JOHN S. LORD. Witnesses:

REUBEN S. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORWIG. 

